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The book is nicely written, but somewhat boring. The topic is ultimately of no practical interest unless you're planning omnicide.
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This book is odd in that the happy parts involve the extinction of humans from the Earth - which isn't surprising given the title but I was still surprised by that fact just because I had never taken into account the sheer enormity of all the bad stuff we have done to our little blue planet. Sure, I see the crappy houses in the sprawl where pastures used to be, and bemoan the plastic bags in the trees, and wonder how a town the size of Sioux Falls can support one more Walgreens/Walmart/gas stati
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In an EXTREMELY detailed investigation, the author examines the question of what would happen to the planet if humans up and disappeared. It was certainly an interesting topic, and the author does a great job of addressing the issue from a number of different angles (bringing up contingencies that had not even crossed my mind, for example, the abandoned petrochemical industry, nuclear power plants, and human cemeteries). At times, I was sad to be a human, given the incredible negative impact we'
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